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Soldier killed in gunfight near paramilitary camp in Kashmir

A police spokesman said the building near the camp in Srinagar where the gun battle was taking place had been cleared of all civilians.

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Indian paramilitary force soldiers take position at the site of a gun battle with armed militants in Srinagar (Dar Yasin/AP)

At least one soldier was killed when two gunmen opened fire near a paramilitary camp in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The attack came hours after government troops ended a two-day gun battle with three armed men at an army camp in another part of the disputed region.

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Soldiers guard the cordoned-off area (Dar Yasin/AP))
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Local people flee the site of the gun battle (Dar Yasin/AP)
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